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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

P J Harvey and Peter Tatchell at Goldsmiths

Polly Harvey and Peter Tatchell were amongst those awarded Honorary Degrees and Fellowships by Goldsmiths (University of London) in New Cross today, along with writer Neal Ascherson, architect Zaha Hadid, cartoonist Martin Rowson, and ex-Goldsmiths student and poet George Szirte.

Yes I know honorary degrees are a little bit cheesy, but love these people

American rock'n'roll legend Little Richard played in Lewisham on at least two occasions. The first time was on 31 October 1...

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